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Over sixty Granite State lakes and rivers have been invaded by milfoil. It clogs our lakes, chokes our plant and wildlife and makes swimming and boating nearly impossible. We�ll look at some new approaches to eradicate this tough exotic plant and look to ways to prevent further outbreaks from happening in the future. Laura's guests are Joel Harrington, Environmental Policy Director for The New Hampshire Lakes Association. Jody Connor, Director of the Limnology Center for The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Lionel Chute, Administrator for The Natural Heritage Bureau for the Division of Forests and Lands and a member of the New Hampshire Invasive Species Committee. Pat Tarpey, Lake Point Person of the Lake Host Program for The Lake Winnipesaukee Watershed Association and Ed Neister, Chairman of the Suncook Lake Association Milfoil Control Committee, his committee along with D.E.S has almost completely eradicated Milfoil from Lower Suncook Lake in Barnstead, New Hampshire.

We begin today's show with a check of the Democratic National Convention on its final day with Ricia McMahon, Vice President of Americans for Campaign Finance Reform and two time DNC delegate.

Just say no...to sex? A federal abstinence only initiative has trickled down to New Hampshire in thousand of dollars in funding. We'll ask what these programs teach and whether they work. Laura's guests are Jennifer Frizzel, public affairs director at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and Brook Dupee, manager of the abstinence only program for the commissioner's office at the state department of Health and Human Services. We will also hear from 18 year old abstinence advocate Alexis Pennington of Claremont.

We open the show with Representative Ray Buckley who is a six-time New Hampshire Democratic Delegate, who will update us on how the Democratic National Convention is going.

Treating a young child or adolescent struggling with severe depression is a challenging task for any psychiatrist. Should that child receive therapy only? Or should that child also be prescribed anti-depressants? If so, which drugs will work best? That question is getting a new look after recent studies showed that some drugs, like Paxil, could actually increase suicidal behavior in depressed children. We'll ask psychiatrists what their reactions has been to the studies, has it changed their approach to treatment, and what makes depression in children different from that in adults. Laura's guests are Dr. David Fassler, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont, Clinical Director at Otter Creek Associates and author of "Help Me, I'm Sad: Recognizing, Treating, and Preventing Childhood and Adolescent Depression" and Dr. David Schopick, child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist at his private practice in Portsmouth.